« The traveling band | Main | Town and Gown »
February 26, 2008
Oil and the stock market
On Feb. 19, the Wall Street Journal ran this story -- Today's Markets - WSJ.com:
Crude's surge to a record over $100 a barrel quashed a daylong stock rally, as investors unloaded consumer stocks that may suffer as everyday Americans spend more at the pump.
Today, the Journal is running this story -- Today's Markets - WSJ.com:
The market got a boost from a stock-buyback plan at International Business Machines and solid gains in the energy sector, which benefited from crude oil's return above $100 a barrel.
So, on the 19th oil, at $100 a barrel is a market negative; on the 26th, oil at $100 a barrel is a market positive? Or, is there some intangible -- like market confidence and herd behavior -- at work here?
Posted by Ken Jarboe at February 26, 2008 1:42 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.athenaalliance.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1814